Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
08/31/2026
table that charts list comparision
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2026
6,065,949
4,706,768
3,350,304
3,660,293
0
0
EPA administers certification programs for pesticide applicators under section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). FIFRA allows EPA to classify a pesticide as restricted use if the pesticide meets certain toxicity or risk criteria. The regulations in 40 CFR part 171 include procedures for certification programs for States, Federal agencies, Indian tribes, or U.S. territories who wish to develop and implement their own certification plans and programs, after obtaining EPA approval. This ICR addresses the paperwork activities performed by respondents to comply with training and certification requirements associated with applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUPs). Due to the potential of improperly applied RUPs to harm human health or the environment, pesticides under this classification may be purchased and applied only by certified applicators or by persons under the direct supervision of certified applicators. Currently all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 6 territories, 4 tribes and 5 federal agencies are authorized to run their own certification programs within their jurisdictions, but each agency's certification plan must be approved by EPA before it can be implemented. Agencies authorized by EPA to administer a certification program are collectively referred to as authorized agencies. In areas where no authorized agency has jurisdiction, EPA may administer a certification program directly, (e.g., Federal program). Federal programs require RUP dealers to maintain records of RUP sales and to report and update their names and addresses with the pesticide regulatory agency for enforcement purposes. This ICR also addresses how registrants of certain pesticide products are expected to perform specific, special paperwork activities, to comply with the terms and conditions of the pesticide registration (e.g., registrants of anthrax-related pesticide products).
US Code:
7 USC 136i
Name of Law: Section 11 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
US Code:
7 USC 136a(d)
Name of Law: Section 3(d) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
There is a decrease of 309,989 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease primarily reflects EPA's updating of burden estimates for this collection based upon respondents already having some familiarity with the regulations and certifying authorities having completed the more burden-intensive process of updating certification plans to comply with the updated 2017 requirements and shifting into the implementation phase of updating their certification programs. During this phase, certifying authorities may experience some paperwork burden if modifications to approved plans are needed, though these changes would only occur on an as-needed basis and are more limited in scale compared to the previous burden estimates. Additionally, EPAs estimates include updates to the number of total certified applicators, and associated noncertified applicators under their supervision, based on information reported by certifying authorities in their annual reports to the Agency. These changes are adjustments.
$394,984
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Katherine Sleasman 202 566-1204
Reginfo record details
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form EPA-PFN-3400-5 Modification Form for Certification Plans
0155fr17.docx
0155.17 Attach F- Wage Rates.xlsx
0155.17 Attach D- Consultation Responses.pdf
Anthrax-related products: Recordkeeping (Registrants)